LARGO, Md. – Prince George's Community College and Novak Field House will be the home of the 2018 Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference (MD JUCO) Women's Basketball Tournament. The women's tournament will be played on Thursday, February 15, Saturday, February 17 and Sunday, February 18. Tickets are $8.

Prince George's will be providing live statistics throughout the tournament and every game will be streamed online. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be on the PGCCOwls YouTube channel before PGCCTV will broadcast the championship game on its YouTube channel.

The quarterfinals get underway on Thursday when third seed Montgomery College (19-5, 8-2 MD JUCO) battles sixth seed Chesapeake College (12-10, 5-5 MD JUCO) at 12 p.m. The Raptors downed the Skipjacks 70-66 in the regular season meeting on Feb. 7.

The second quarterfinal game features second seed Baltimore City Community College (19-5, 8-2 MD JUCO) against No. 7 Hagerstown Community College (12-8, 4-6 MD JUCO) at 2 p.m. The Panthers downed the Hawks 108-42 in the regular season matchup on Jan. 22.

The other half of the bracket starts with the No. 4 seed Cecil College (19-4, 7-3 MD JUCO) taking on No. 5 Frederick Community College (14-10, 6-4 MD JUCO) at 4 p.m. The Seahawks took the regular season meeting 79-74 on Jan. 27.

In the final quarterfinal battle on Friday, top seed Harford Community College (20-2, 11-0 MD JUCO) takes on eighth seed Allegany College of Maryland (9-13, 3-7 MD JUCO) at 6 p.m. The Fighting Owls earned a 118-42 decision in the regular season on Jan. 13.

After men basketball squares off in their quarterfinals on Friday, the women's basketball semifinals will take place on Saturday. The Chesapeake-Montgomery winner will face the Hagerstown-Baltimore City winner in the first semifinals at 12 p.m. The Frederick-Cecil winner will battle the Allegany-Harford winner at 2 p.m. The winners of the semifinals will play for the MD JUCO Women's Basketball Championship on Sunday at 12 p.m.

SEASON POINTS PER GAME AVERAGE: Baltimore City 84.1 (2nd in MD JUCO); Hagerstown 70.5 (6th in MD JUCO)
SEASON POINTS PER GAME DEFENSE: Baltimore City 50.6 (1st in MD JUCO); Hagerstown 69.0 (7th in MD JUCO)